Mary Mackillop: Reformer in the Industrial Revolution by Isobel Byrne https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7 Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2019-05-08 00:03:00 UTC 2023-02-12 14:45:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Part 1: Background to Mary Mackillop's Life 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/361344017 Mary Mackillop, also known as St Mary Mackillop of the Cross, was born on the 15th of January 1842 in Fitzroy, Melbourne. She was educated by her father as well as a few private schools and she later became a governess to her aunty and uncle in Penola and later on, a teacher to many poor children but payed most of her attention to Aboriginal children. This place was were she came into contact with Father Julian Woods, the parish priest of Penola in South Australia, who at the time, was in charge of the Penola Mission which measured approximately 30,000 square kilometres in size.  In time, Father Julian Woods was asked by the bishop to build a Catholic school and Mary became left all she loved for God and became one of the sisters teaching at this school. Later, Mary was asked to take charge of the school, however she did not accept the promotion until she was 24 years old in 1866. At this time, Mary was also recognised as the first Sister of St Joseph on the 19th of March. This is why the feast day for St Joseph is on the 19th of March. ]]> 2019-05-18 00:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/361344017 Part 6: Priestly, prophetic and kingly roles of Mary Mackillop 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/363126576 Throughout Jesus's lifetime, he was seen as many roles, but most importantly a priest, a prophet and a king. Christians can demonstrate these roles in their everyday lives. For priestly roles, when prayer and worship are at the heart of their lives and when their work can be their “sacrifice” and they can affect reconciliation between people in their lives. For prophetic roles, when they speak out against injustice, act to have human dignity respected and work for freedom and mutual respect within society. And kingly roles, when they use their power and influence they have as an opportunity for Christian service and strive for social structures and processes that respect human dignity and authentic freedom. These three roles of Jesus were portrayed in all of Mary Mackillop's work throughout her life. Mary was practicing the priestly role of Jesus throughout  her life through her teaching role at Penola's first Catholic primary school as well as educating her younger cousins and other young children before becoming a Sister of St Joseph. Not only was Mary was a teacher of many children in her life and was also a principal at Penola's first Christian, Catholic school, she showed prophetic roles through seeing educating and providing refuge for the poor was the best way for her to serve God and help the people around her. Along with the other sisters, Mary Mackillop also believed that by doing this, she would help to spread the good news of the Lord though teaching children in a Christian way, just like Jesus preached the word of God. In addition to this, later in Mary Mackillop's life, she became a principal at the primary school she and the Sisters founded. During this role, she also became the leader for all of the Sisters of St Joseph and strived to use her influence to fix the issue of poverty amongst the people in the area, as the sisters vowed to poverty and equality in order to serve God and the people in need. ]]> 2019-05-24 00:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/363126576 Part 2: Biblical Criticism 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/363126602 Parable chosen: The Good Samaritan
Luke 10:27-37
 Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.  A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.  So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.  He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’

 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Three Worlds of the Text

World of the Text:
The parable of The Good Samaritan is a narrative about a man who is on a journey from Jerusalem to Jericho who gets beaten up, robbed and left on the side of the road to die. After some time, a Levite, then a priest walked by. However they did not stop to help the man, but when the Samaritan arrived at the scene he stopped and helped the man by dressing his wounds and taking him to an inn while paying for the man's fee's.

World Behind the Text
This parable was set on a road well known as the 'Way of Blood' and was known for the substantial number of
deaths and robberies that occurred on this road. This means that what happened to the man in the story was very common and not many people would stop to help a person in this situation. Some of the reasons for the priest and the Levite not stopping to help the man were most likely because of cultural reasons. For Jews, it is considered very dirty and unclean for the spirit to come into contact with many things including dead bodies. Therefore meaning that one of the reasons that the priest and the Levite disregarded the man to avoid the risk of being spiritually unclean or unaccepted.

World in Front of the Text

The story of the Good Samaritan has a few powerful messages that have been expressed throughout the story. One of these is to 'love your neighbour as yourself' meaning that you should always treat everyone with the kindness and respect that you would expect others to treat you with no matter what race, gender, sexuality or social standing. This message can be applied to anyone's life today.

The Good Samaritan is a parable with a very strong and relevant message not only for the people of today, but this piece of scripture has inspired the works of the 19th century reformer, Mary Mackillop. This parable inspired all that she did as everything she did for others in her life linked with the message of 'love your neighbour as yourself'. Through teaching underprivileged children and sheltering women, Mary was expressing great love for the people around her.

]]> 2019-05-24 00:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/363126602 Part 4: Writings 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/363126894  "May that bright confidence now enable you to give your children cheerfully to the service of God Who so highly honours them by giving them a desire for the Religious Life. Long and earnestly as I have wished to enter Religion, the thought of leaving you, my loved mother, gave me so much pain and anxiety that I had to make it the subject of many Communions.  Kind friends, too, prayed for me, and now I am very happy, for I am sure you will not look for any other happiness in this world than that of serving God in any way He pleases.  No matter what sacrifices of the will or inclinations we may make, the more and the deeper felt the better, so long as we do God's Will ‐ that is all we want."

Mary Mackillop wrote many things to many people throughout her life which all had different meanings or purposes behind them regarding what she was doing at the time. This particular piece of her writing was from a letter on the 27th of  November 1866 from Penola to her mother back home. This particular piece of writing did not have a purpose as such, however part of it did express how strongly Mary felt about religion and devotion to God. She has explained to her mother how although she felt great pain and anxiety when leaving her family, she knew that she had to trust in God as his love for her and all of humanity is so strong it can not be abandoned. ]]> 2019-05-24 00:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/363126894 Part 3: Prayers and spiritual practices 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367527663 Ever generous God,
You inspired Saint Mary MacKillop
To live her life faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ
and constant in bringing hope and encouragement
to those who were disheartened, lonely or needy.
With confidence in your generous providence
and through the intercession of Saint Mary MacKillop
We ask that you grant our request
We ask that our faith and hope be fired afresh by the Holy Spirit
so that we too, like Mary MacKillop, may live with courage, trust and openness.
Ever generous God hear our prayer.
We ask this through Jesus Christ. Amen.

This prayer reflects the work of Mary Mackillop in her life and the courage, trust and openness she had in her life. ]]> 2019-06-14 03:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367527663 Part 5: Rerum Novarum 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367672973 Rerum Novarum is an encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII in the 19th century. This was a time in history where there were many immoralities regarding people and the church which were caused by the effects from the Industrial Revolution which dramatically changed the way the world functioned. The Rerum Novarum encyclical was written and used to address these issues to the world and to make a call to action to change these injustices. During the Industrial Revolution, people were pushed out of their farms and farming land as agriculture became less needed as a result of the introduction of machinery and were forced to move to the city for work. This mean that thousands upon thousands of farmers were homeless and extremely poor. Rerum Novarum's purpose was to help make the lives of those who were extremely poor easier and better by pushing for education, shelter, food and equality for everyone. 

The Rerum Novarum encyclical was written as a call to action for everyone in society. However, this encyclical was strongly taken on board by many reformers including Mary Mackillop. Mary strived to provide education and shelter for women and children all through her life. This is seen as a very kingly role that she demonstrated in regards to the Rerum Novarum encyclical that helped in contribution to the message that this encyclical was trying to get across to the Church across the world. ]]> 2019-06-15 02:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367672973 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367679759 2019-06-15 05:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367679759 Part 7: Legacy 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367743683 Mary Mackillop College is an Australian College in Nundah that continues the mission and spirit of Mary Mackillop by continuing to practice the priestly prophetic and kingly roles of Jesus. This is done through teaching girls in the Catholic Christian tradition and teaching the girls about Mary and her faith driven life. ]]> 2019-06-16 03:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367743683 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367750218 2019-06-16 06:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367750218 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367750284 2019-06-16 06:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367750284 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367750519 2019-06-16 06:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367750519 References 22byrni https://padlet.com/22byrni/5lrrdunkker7/wish/367754589  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Mary-MacKillop
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